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shoshannagold mentioned that she had no chocolate in the house and that made think of my favourite chocolate pudding which I haven't had in an age. And being the nice friend that I am, I can't have chocolate pudding without sharing, so here is the recipe for my favourite chocolate pudding.


Chocolate Sauce Pudding

60g (2 oz) butter
½ cup milk
1 tspn vanilla
1 cup self-raising flour
¾ cup castor sugar
1 tblspn cocoa
2 cups hot water

Topping
¾ cup brown sugar
1 tblspn cocoa

Heat butter and milk in saucepan until butter melts. Add vanilla. Shift flour and cocoa into basin. Stir in sugar and add butter mixture. Stir until smooth. Pour into a greased 1 litre (2 pint) ovenproof dish. Combine topping ingredients together and sprinkle over pudding. Carefully pour hot water over. Bake in moderate oven for 40-45 minutes. Serve with cream or ice cream.


The beauty of this pudding is that it starts out upside down, but when you take it out of the oven the cake has risen to the top and there is a lovely chocolate sauce underneath. I usually use less water than they tell you to use in the recipe to make the sauce thicker. And you could put some nuts in the cake mix, but I like it just the way it is.

However I didn't end up making the pudding. I made caramel dumplings instead. And that's a whole 'nother recipe for another day.

shoshannagold mentioned that she had no chocolate in the house and that made think of my favourite chocolate pudding which I haven't had in an age. And being the nice friend that I am, I can't have chocolate pudding without sharing, so here is the recipe for my favourite chocolate pudding.


Chocolate Sauce Pudding

60g (2 oz) butter
½ cup milk
1 tspn vanilla
1 cup self-raising flour
¾ cup castor sugar
1 tblspn cocoa
2 cups hot water

Topping
¾ cup brown sugar
1 tblspn cocoa

Heat butter and milk in saucepan until butter melts. Add vanilla. Shift flour and cocoa into basin. Stir in sugar and add butter mixture. Stir until smooth. Pour into a greased 1 litre (2 pint) ovenproof dish. Combine topping ingredients together and sprinkle over pudding. Carefully pour hot water over. Bake in moderate oven for 40-45 minutes. Serve with cream or ice cream.


The beauty of this pudding is that it starts out upside down, but when you take it out of the oven the cake has risen to the top and there is a lovely chocolate sauce underneath. I usually use less water than they tell you to use in the recipe to make the sauce thicker. And you could put some nuts in the cake mix, but I like it just the way it is.

However I didn't end up making the pudding. I made caramel dumplings instead. And that's a whole 'nother recipe for another day.